JP2004104572A - Method and system for controlling monitoring camera, program for making computer implement monitoring camera controlling method, and recording medium with the program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively manage video data obtained by photographing a monitoring area where account dealings are conducted. <P>SOLUTION: A system executes the steps for: acquiring account information for identifying a dealing account and an area for identifying the monitoring area where the dealings are conducted; referring to a database in which fraudulence occurrence information is associated and recorded for each account and determining the presence/no presence of the fraudulence occurrence information about the dealing account identified by the acquired account information; determining a monitoring camera that takes charge of the monitoring area identified by the area information if the presence of the fraudulence occurrence information about the dealing account is determined; and associating monitoring camera specifying information for specifying the identified monitoring camera with section specifying information such as a counter for specifying a photographing section by the monitoring camera and a photographing time and storing the relevant information in a storage device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a control method and system for a monitoring camera that captures an image of a monitoring area such as a bank teller or a terminal device, a program that causes a computer to execute the control method for a monitoring camera, and a recording medium that stores the program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Surveillance cameras for taking pictures of users performing account transactions, such as deposits and withdrawals and transfers, are installed at windows of financial institutions, ATM corners, or convenience stores where ATMs are installed. The surveillance camera is provided with a recording device such as a video for recording photographed video data. For example, a time lapse method is mainly used as a recording control method.
[0003]
The time-lapse recording control enables a recording mode such as one frame every several seconds or several minutes besides performing normal moving image recording. When a video shot in this recording mode is recorded, the reproduced image becomes an image in which frames are dropped, but the recording time for each recording medium can be lengthened, and efficient system operation can be performed.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-6-223277
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in recent years, cases have frequently occurred such as illegally using a stolen passbook, a seal, or a card to withdraw a deposit from another person's account. In addition, money laundering may be performed in which funds obtained fraudulently are moved from one account to another, so that the source and beneficiaries of the funds are not known. Therefore, when such misconduct is discovered, a financial institution such as a bank is required to cooperate with an investigative institution such as the police to submit video data captured by a surveillance camera.
[0006]
However, when photographing is performed by controlling a surveillance camera based on the conventional technology, for example, only video data obtained by sequentially photographing the periphery of each of a plurality of ATMs in a predetermined order and at intervals can be obtained. Therefore, even if the video data of the ATM (including the user) in which the misconduct has been performed is obtained, only the video data of almost the same shooting situation as other ATMs can be obtained. In addition, the video data has dropped frames, the image quality accuracy, the shooting angle, and the like are almost fixed, and the video of the wrongdoer may not be captured sufficiently.
[0007]
In addition, when the investigating agency requests the provision of video data as described above, it is easy to determine which surveillance camera has taken the video data taken on what day, at what time, and at what time. Could not be identified. In particular, when video data is recorded by repeatedly using a video tape, much labor and a long time are required to find out which section of which video tape corresponds to the required video data.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable effective management of video data of a monitoring area in which an account transaction is performed.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a control method of a surveillance camera for photographing a surveillance area where account transactions are performed, such as a window of a financial institution or a transaction terminal, wherein the computer comprises:
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, obtaining account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
If it is determined that the fraud occurrence information is present for the transaction account, referring to a database that defines a monitoring camera in charge for each monitoring area, and determining a monitoring camera that is in charge of the monitoring area identified by the area information. ,
Executing the step of storing the monitoring camera specifying information for specifying the determined monitoring camera in the storage device in association with section specifying information such as a counter and a shooting time for specifying a shooting section by the monitoring camera. Features.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a surveillance camera for photographing a surveillance area where an account transaction is performed, such as a counter of a financial institution or a transaction terminal, wherein the computer comprises:
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, obtaining account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
If it is determined that the fraud occurrence information is present for the transaction account, referring to a database that defines a monitoring camera in charge for each monitoring area, and determining a monitoring camera that is in charge of the monitoring area identified by the area information. ,
Outputting an instruction to perform a shooting operation in a predetermined shooting mode for illegal monitoring by the determined monitoring camera;
Is performed.
[0011]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the surveillance camera control method according to the second aspect, the computer specifies a counter for specifying a shooting section in the shooting mode when shooting in the shooting mode for illegal monitoring. The method is characterized in that a step of recording in the storage device the section specifying information such as the shooting time and the monitoring camera specifying information for specifying the monitoring camera in charge of the shooting in association with each other.
[0012]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the surveillance camera control method according to the first or third aspect, the computer outputs the section identification information and the surveillance camera identification information recorded in association with each other to an output device. Is performed.
[0013]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the surveillance camera control method according to the first or third aspect, the computer stores the shooting data corresponding to the section identification information and the surveillance camera identification information recorded in association with each other. The step of specifying and outputting the specified photographing data is executed.
[0014]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the surveillance camera control method according to the first or second aspect, the predetermined photographing mode includes zoom photographing, improvement of the number of recorded frames, and monitoring of the surveillance area. It is characterized by including at least one of the increase in the number.
[0015]
The inventions according to claims 7 and 8 relate to a control system for a monitoring camera that captures a monitoring area where account transactions are performed, such as a counter of a financial institution or a transaction terminal.
[0016]
The invention described in claim 9 relates to a program for causing a computer to execute the monitoring camera control method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and the invention described in claim 7 The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium storing the program.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
=== System configuration ===
FIG. 1 shows a network configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a control computer 10 is a computer system managed by a financial institution and controls a surveillance camera. The control computer 10 is connected to a private network 70 such as a LAN or a WAN of a financial institution, and communicates with another computer provided in the financial institution. The private network 70 is connected to a host computer 20 that performs deposit / withdrawal processing of each account, and also connected to a video database 11, a camera database 12, a mode database 13, and the like that store and manage data managed by the control computer 10. ing.
[0018]
The control device 32 for controlling the monitoring camera 30 is connected to the private network 70. The control device 32 controls the recording device 15 that records images from the monitoring camera 30 in addition to the monitoring camera 30. In the present embodiment, an ATM 40 or a branch of a sales office installed in a financial institution is a monitoring area by the monitoring camera 30, and data captured by the monitoring camera 30 is sent to the recording device 15. The private network 70 includes an ATM line connecting the ATM 40 and the host computer 20 or the control computer 10.
[0019]
As the recording device 15, a video deck that records photographing data photographed by a surveillance camera on a tape medium, or various drives that write and record photographing data on a compact disk, DVD, or the like can be used. However, if the video database 11 provided in the control computer 10 is constituted by a storage device capable of storing a sufficiently large amount of photographing data, the role of the recording device 15 can be replaced by the video database 11. is there.
[0020]
The network connecting the control computer 10, the host computer 20, the recording device 15, the surveillance camera 30, and the ATM 40 to each other is not only a private network or an ATM line, but also the Internet, a personal computer communication line, a wireless network, etc. Various networks can be adopted while considering security and economy.
[0021]
=== Various Databases ===
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a fraudulent information database according to the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a video database according to the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an example of a data structure of a camera database according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the mode database in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the host computer 20 has an unauthorized information database 21, and the control computer 10 has a video database 11, a camera database 12, and a mode database 13.
[0022]
The fraudulent information database 21 provided in the host computer 20 is a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cards and passbooks and improper use of transaction accounts such as money laundering is associated with each account. As the data structure 600, using the account information (business office, account item, account number) as a key, details of the occurrence of fraud such as card theft, the registration date of the information in the fraudulent information database 21, and measures for responding to the fraud occurred. The information is associated.
[0023]
The video database 11 provided in the control computer 10 includes, for photographing data photographed in the photographing mode for illegal monitoring, section identifying information such as a counter value for identifying a photographing section in the photographing mode and a photographing time; This is a database that associates camera identification information. In addition to the above, photographing data photographed by the surveillance camera 30 in a photographing mode for illegal monitoring may be stored. As the data structure 700, information such as a counter value and an identification number of the recording device 15 is associated with information such as a branch, a shooting date, and a monitoring camera in charge, for example. As the counter value here, for example, when a video deck or the like performs recording on a tape medium, a counter value assigned according to the tape running time can be used.
[0024]
Further, the camera database 12 is a database in which a monitoring camera in charge is defined for each monitoring area. As the data structure 800, for example, information such as a branch, a type of a monitoring area, and an identification number of an ATM or the like is used as a key to associate an identification number of a monitoring camera in charge of the monitoring area.
[0025]
The mode database 13 is a database that defines the shooting mode of the surveillance camera 30 when a user appears in an account associated with fraud occurrence information such as card theft or passbook theft and withdraws a deposit at an ATM or the like. It is. As the data structure 900, for example, a matrix structure is set in which fraud occurrence information is set on the vertical axis, and the corresponding shooting mode is set on the horizontal axis. However, the mode database 13 is not required when shooting in a fixed shooting mode regardless of the content of the fraud.
[0026]
=== Actual procedure of surveillance camera control method ===
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the surveillance camera control method of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the control computer 10 and the host computer 20 together execute a monitoring camera control method. Of course, the control computer 10 includes the fraudulent information database 21 as a computer that executes the surveillance camera control method of the present invention, and performs a process of comparing information sent from an ATM with fraudulent information and a surveillance camera control in the present embodiment. A series of steps of the method may be performed.
[0027]
Hereinafter, the procedure of the monitoring camera control method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It is assumed that a certain ATM 41 is assumed as a monitoring area, and a stolen passbook 51 or a stolen card 52 is used in a transaction with this ATM 41. In this case, the ATM 41 reads account information (store number of the transaction account, account item, account number) from the stolen card 52 by a card reader, and reads the account information together with the identification number of the ATM 41 via an ATM line. It is transmitted to the host computer 20. Thereby, the host computer 20 acquires the account information of the transaction account and the specific information of the monitoring area where the transaction is performed (that is, the identification number of the ATM) (s201).
[0028]
The host computer 20 checks the obtained transaction account information against the fraudulent information database 21 (s202) and determines whether or not the fraud occurrence information is applicable (s203). As a result, if it is determined that the fraud occurrence information does not exist for the transaction account, a normal process (s205) is performed, and the flow in the present embodiment ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the fraud occurrence information exists, the specific information of the monitoring area (the ATM 41 in FIG. 1 in this example) is transmitted to the control computer 10.
[0029]
The control computer 10 checks the specific information of the monitoring area against the camera database 12 (s204), and specifies the monitoring camera 30 responsible for monitoring the ATM 41 (s206). Then, the control computer 10 refers to the mode database 13 and selects a shooting mode for illegal monitoring of the monitoring camera 30 (s207). That is, in the mode database 13 shown in FIG. 5, the fraud occurrence information for the account is collated, and a photographing mode such as zoom photographing is selected. However, this is not an essential requirement, and this processing can be omitted if the shooting mode for performing illegal monitoring is fixed in advance.
[0030]
The control computer 10 instructs the control device 32 corresponding to the specified monitoring camera 30 to perform the photographing operation in the selected photographing mode (s208). At this time, the information instructing the photographing mode includes at least one of the information of zoom photographing, improvement of the number of recording frames, and increase of the number of surveillance cameras for monitoring the corresponding monitoring area. The zoom shooting enables more detailed and clear images of the human body and the like of the unauthorized person to be captured.If the number of recorded frames is improved, frame skipping may occur when performing the time-lapse recording control described above. If smooth video data can be recorded and the number of surveillance cameras is increased, it is possible to capture images from various angles in a wider range.
[0031]
When instructing shooting in such a shooting mode, section specifying information such as a counter and a shooting time for specifying a shooting section in the shooting mode and specifying information of a monitoring camera in charge of shooting are stored in, for example, the video database 11 or the like. (S209). Alternatively, such information may be recorded on a tape medium in a form attached to video data in a recording device 15 such as a video deck. By recording the section specifying information and the surveillance camera specifying information as described above, it is possible to perform simple and quick processing at the time of the subsequent video data search (for example, at the time of requesting information provision from an investigative organization). For example, even if search and output of video data and the like are performed in such a manner as to be performed when an unauthorized use of a month and a month is performed, in the present invention, section specifying information and surveillance camera specifying information (including office information) are included. ) Can be handled simply and promptly.
[0032]
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result report screen according to the present embodiment, FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a video data output screen according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a result report screen example 2 according to the present embodiment. . When the transaction by the unauthorized user in the ATM 41 is completed (s210), the control computer 10 receives the output processing described later.
[0033]
If a timer or fraud detecting means of the control computer 10 recognizes the arrival of various predetermined timings, such as at the end of a day, every hour, or when fraudulent use is detected, or an output instruction from an appropriate input interface When the information is received (s211), the section identification information and the surveillance camera identification information in the shooting mode recorded in the video database 11 or the like, or the video data to be output are specified (s213). If the output instruction contains information for this identification (for example, fraud performed at the XX branch on XX month), the section specifying information and the like are searched from the video database 11 based on the information.
[0034]
When the information to be output is specified, the information is listed up, and the output data is output to the output device in association with the section specifying information to be output and the photographing data corresponding to the monitoring camera specifying information (s214). The output results include the result report screens 300 and 500 shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. By performing the output processing of the form shown in FIG. 7 every time unauthorized use is recognized, it is possible to promptly notify the system administrator or the like of the unauthorized use that occurred at a certain date and time. The form of the output contents shown in FIG. 9 is a list of the cases where the unauthorized use has been performed according to certain requirements (eg, every branch, every certain period, every predetermined ATM, etc.). It can be said that the report is suitable for execution.
[0035]
For example, if the video output button is clicked on any of the result report screens 300 and 500, the corresponding video data 401 is extracted from the video database 11 (see FIG. 8). The video data 401 is output on a video data output screen 400, and information 402 such as a monitoring camera in charge, a shooting date and time, a counter value, a recording device name (video deck name), and fraud occurrence information is also described. Thereby, the contents of the injustice and the video data are displayed in association with each other.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the management of the video data which image | photographed the monitoring area | region where an account transaction is performed can be performed effectively.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network configuration to which a surveillance camera control method according to an embodiment is applied.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a fraudulent information database according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a video database according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a camera database according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a mode database according to the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the surveillance camera control method according to the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result report screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a video data output screen according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result report screen according to the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 10 control computer 11 video database 12 camera database 13 mode database 15 recording device 20 host computer 30 monitoring camera 40 ATM
51 Stolen passbook 52 Stolen card 70 Private network

Claims (10)

A control method of a surveillance camera that shoots a surveillance area where an account transaction such as a counter of a financial institution or a transaction terminal is performed.
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, obtaining account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
If it is determined that the fraud occurrence information is present for the transaction account, referring to a database that defines a monitoring camera in charge for each monitoring area, and determining a monitoring camera that is in charge of the monitoring area identified by the area information. ,
Executing the step of storing the monitoring camera specifying information for specifying the determined monitoring camera in the storage device in association with section specifying information such as a counter and a shooting time for specifying a shooting section by the monitoring camera. Characteristic surveillance camera control method. A control method of a surveillance camera that shoots a surveillance area where an account transaction such as a counter of a financial institution or a transaction terminal is performed.
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, obtaining account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
If it is determined that the fraud occurrence information is present for the transaction account, referring to a database that defines a monitoring camera in charge for each monitoring area, and determining a monitoring camera that is in charge of the monitoring area identified by the area information. ,
Outputting an instruction to perform a shooting operation in a predetermined shooting mode for illegal monitoring by the determined monitoring camera;
A surveillance camera control method. 3. The surveillance camera control method according to claim 2, wherein:
When shooting in the shooting mode for illegal monitoring, section specifying information such as a counter and a shooting time for specifying a shooting section in the shooting mode and monitoring camera specifying information for specifying a monitoring camera in charge of shooting are associated with each other. Performing the recording on a storage device. 4. The surveillance camera control method according to claim 1, wherein the computer executes a step of outputting the section identification information and the surveillance camera identification information recorded in association with each other to an output device. 4. The surveillance camera control method according to claim 1, wherein the computer specifies shooting data corresponding to the section specifying information and the monitoring camera specifying information recorded in association with each other, and outputs the specified shooting data. Performing a step. 3. The surveillance camera control method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined photographing mode includes at least one of zoom photographing, an increase in the number of recording frames, and an increase in the number of surveillance cameras monitoring the monitoring area. Features method. A control system of a surveillance camera for photographing a surveillance area where account transactions such as a contact point of a financial institution or a transaction terminal are performed,
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, means for acquiring account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Means for determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
Means for determining a surveillance camera in charge of the surveillance area identified by the area information by referring to a database defining surveillance cameras in charge for each surveillance area if it is determined that fraud occurrence information exists for the transaction account. ,
Means for storing, in a storage device, surveillance camera specifying information for specifying the determined surveillance camera, and section specifying information such as a counter and a shooting time for specifying a shooting section of the monitoring camera in association with each other. Surveillance camera control system. A control system of a surveillance camera for photographing a surveillance area where account transactions such as a contact point of a financial institution or a transaction terminal are performed,
For account transactions performed in the monitoring area, means for acquiring account information for identifying a trading account and area information for identifying the monitoring area in which the transaction is performed,
With reference to a database in which fraudulent information such as theft of transaction media such as cash cards and passbooks or improper use of transaction accounts is recorded in association with each account, the transaction account identified by the acquired account information Means for determining the presence or absence of the fraud occurrence information;
Means for determining a surveillance camera in charge of the surveillance area identified by the area information by referring to a database defining surveillance cameras in charge for each surveillance area if it is determined that fraud occurrence information exists for the transaction account. ,
Means for outputting an instruction to perform a shooting operation in a predetermined shooting mode for illegal monitoring by the determined monitoring camera. A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of a surveillance camera according to claim 1. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 9 is recorded.

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